The Dalai Lama's Capitalist Contradictions

The longtime Marxist doesn't seem to realize markets are the best way to 'take care of others.'

By

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway

March 6, 2014 7:14 p.m. ET

The Dalai Lama is wrapping up more than two weeks in the U.S. with a speech Friday at the National Cathedral in Washington. The spiritual leader of the Tibetan people has had a packed agenda, including leading the Senate in prayer, a meeting with President Obama at the White House, and a speech for a Los Angeles crowd that included newly minted Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o. But meeting with heads of state is nothing new for the Buddhist leader. Meeting with free-market capitalists is another story.